Organizations are finding ways to do more with their mainframes by putting CICS applications and mainframe data to work as part of their cloud or API-centric integration architecture. When this strategy is implemented using JavaScript, web services developers and development teams are reporting significantly higher productivity: “3… 4… 25 times more productive” is the increase … More Web Services Programmers Talk JavaScript and Productivity

I recently demonstrated how to integrate CICS, DB2 and VSAM file data into an Excel spreadsheet, and then a browser, simply by creating a mainframe web service. You can see how easy it is to create these web services, and how they simplify integration, by watching this short video: HostBridge JavaScript Engine (HB.js) is the solution shown … More How-To: Create Web Services to Integrate CICS, DB2 and VSAM Data

Note: this event has passed, but the links in this post will take you to the recorded web demo. If you want to learn how easy it is to create CICS or mainframe web services, there’s no better way than to watch someone do it. I’ll show you how during a free, web demonstration. I … More Creating CICS Web Services: HostBridge Demo

The October 2017 CICS Spotlight newsletter is online and available for viewing. The featured topic is using CICS services as part of your API and business services strategy. I also encourage you to click on the banner at the top of the newsletter to investigate the enhancement that Syncsort has made to its Ironstream® solution: Transaction … More CICS Spotlight: October 2017

In December 2010, I wrote an article that was published by Enterprise Systems Media called “JavaScript Tools for CICS/System z Integration: Top 10 Reasons.” Here’s a summary of those top 10 reasons: Seven years is a lifetime in the technology world, and it is natural to wonder, are these reasons still relevant? What has changed … More JavaScript for CICS and System z Integration: What’s Changed?

Among the presentations given at the recent (ISC)2 Security Congress in Austin, Texas was “The Seven Secret Sins of SIEMs” given by Franklyn Jones of Cyphort. The content shared during this presentation is of interest to all enterprises that use SIEMs. One of the seven secret sins in particular caught my attention: the need for … More Bridging the SIEM Mainframe Gap

I was recently interviewed by Shelby Holcomb of STATE magazine, the official magazine of Oklahoma State University. Shelby’s story was about integration, but in this case, it had little to do with software. During the interview, I shared the vision that led me to create Backstage, a venue or “gathering space” as I like to call … More Backstage: Reimagining Stillwater Culture

Software vendors love to talk about all the new exciting things found in their latest release of their software products. We dive deep into all kinds of technical details, have acronyms for way more things than we need and obsess about really cool technical things that only a true nerd could love. Sometimes, we forget … More Converting Business Processes into Web Services – Fast and Easy

Anyone who has ever used or developed software knows that a software solution is only as good as the support that is behind it. We can all agree that we never want to have to contact technical support, but when we need it, we want that support to be available, responsive and highly competent. As … More We’re Here to Help